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INDEX. 



Bnchanan (J. Y.) on arranging an inves- 

 tigation of the seasonal variations of 

 temperature in lakes, rivers, and estu- 

 aries, 454. 



Buckland (Miss A. W.), points of contact 

 between old-world myths and customs 

 and the Navajo myth entitled ' the 

 Mountain Chant,' 808. 



♦Buckle (H. D.), journeys to the Lake 

 Ngami region, 719. 



Buckman (S. S.) on certain Ammonite- 

 zones of Dorset and Somerset, 6oo. 



Bund (J. \V.) on arranging an investiga- 

 tion of the seasonal variations of tem- 

 perature in lakes, rivers, and estuaries, 

 454. 



Burial customs of New Britain, by Rev. 

 B. Danks, 802. 



Burroughs (S. M.), free travel, 740. 



Bute (the Marquess of) on tlie ancient 

 language of the natives of Tenerife, 

 799. 



Calderwood (VV. L.) on recent invr-stiga- 

 tions of the Marine Biological As^ocia- 

 tion (fishciy and physical), 68.j. 



Cameron (A. C. G.) on the continuity of 

 the Kellaways beds over extended areas 

 near Bedford, and on the extension of 

 the Fuller's earth works at Wohurn, 

 63G. 



Campbell (G. L.), miners' thrift, and em- 

 ployers' liability : a remarkable expe- 

 rience, 737. 



Cannan (E.), recent changes in the dis- 

 tribution of population in England and 

 Wales, 747. 



Capital and labour— their differences and 

 how to reconcile them, by C. H. Ftr- 

 kins, 735. 



Capture of comets by planets, the, espe- 

 cially their capture by Jupiter, Prof. 

 H. A. Newton on, 511. 



Carnot's reversible cj'cle, a simple me- 

 chanical representation of, G. H. Biyan 

 on, 558. 



Carpmael (C. H.) on the best means of 

 comparing and reducing magnetic ob- 

 servations, 149. 



Carruthers (Mr.) on the present state of 

 our knowledge of the zoology and 

 botany of the West ludia Islands, and 

 on the steps taken to investigate as- 

 certained deficiencies in the fauna and 

 flora, 354 ; on the steps taken for 

 establishing a botanical laboratory at 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, 358. 



Cayley (Prof.) on calculating tables of 

 certain mathematical functions, 129; 

 on carrying on the tables connected 

 with the Pellian equation from the 

 point where the work was left by 

 Degen in 1817, IGO. 



Changes in coast lines, by Dr. J. S. 

 Phen('', 71C. 



Channel tubular railway. Sir E. Reed on 

 the, 758. 



*Chatterton (G.), the yslradyfodwg and 

 Pontypridd main scwera.e, 757. 



Chattock (A. P.) on the discharge of 

 electricity from points, 139; on the 

 electrification of needle points in air, 

 565. 



♦Chemical reactions, the interpretation 

 of certain, by C. H. Bothamlcy, 612. 



Chemical Section, Address hj Prof. W. C. 

 Roberts-Austen to the, 584. 



Chinese, the social and religions ideas of 

 the, as illustrated in the ideographic 

 characters of the language, by Prof. 

 U K. Douglas, 796 



Christie (W. H. M.) on the best means 

 of comparing and reducing magnetic 

 observations, 149. 



*Cliristy (-M.), trees and prairies, 715. 



Chrystal (Prof. G.) on the best means of 

 comparing and reducing magnetic ob- 

 servation-^, 149; on standards for use 

 in electrical measurements, 152; on 

 arranging an investigation of the sea- 

 sonal variations of temperature in 

 lakes, rivers, and estuaries, 454. 



Clark standard cells, the causes of varia- 

 tion of, by J. Swinburne, 57G. 



Clarke (VV. E.) on making a digest of 

 the observations on the migration of 

 birds, 363. 



Clausius' thcoiy of electrolytic conduc- 

 tion, J. Brown on, and on some secret 

 evidence for the dissociation theory of 

 electrolysis, 564. 



Clayden (A. W.) on the application of 

 photography to the elucidation of 

 meteorological phenomena, 130. 



Gierke (Miss B. M.) on the aborigines of 

 Western Australia, 716. 



Clowes (I'rof. F.), *an apparatus for 

 testing safety lamps, 611. 



Clubb (J. A.) and Prof. W. A. Herdman 

 on the innervation of the epipodial 

 processes of some nudibranchiate mol- 

 lusca, G92. 



Coal, the spontaneous ignition of, by- 

 Prof. V. B. Lewes, 602. 



Coal question, T. F. Brown on the, 736. 



*Coaling ships, description of Lewi* and 

 Hunter's system of, by C. Hunter, 763. 



Coast lines, changes in, by Dr. J. S. 

 Phen6, 71G. 



Coles (J.), the art of observing, 714. 



Collins (\V. H.)on the comparative values 

 of various substances used as non-con- 

 ducting coverings for steam boilers and 

 pipes, 780. 



Colobodus, a genus of mesozoic fossil 

 fishes, notes upon, by M. Browne, 644. 



♦Colorado, by Dr. Bell, 720. 



